The Master has promised that very great results would be achieved when these people are given the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, and therefore he hopes the friends will be able to bring it to them in increasing force and in increasing numbers. The Guardian will pray for you and for the success of your work. Faithfully yours, Leroy Ioas (55) October 27, 1957 (55) October 27, 1957 National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Alaska Dear Bahá’í Friends: Your loving letter of October 1st was duly received by the beloved Guardian and he has directed me to acknowledge it on his behalf. The contribution which has been sent by your Assembly to the International Fund is greatly appreciated. Receipt is enclosed. The Guardian is happy that the friends in Alaska are arising with such vigor and enthusiasm to serve the Cause of God. They have won outstanding and historic victories for the Faith, but the thing that pleases him most is that each victory that is won has been used as a stepping stone to further service in the Cause of God. Thus the Cause is expanding very rapidly both in the teaching and administrative fields. He hopes that your Assembly will be guided and confirmed in the noble undertakings in which you are engaged. But he likewise hopes that you will be able to stimulate all the friends to intensive effort so that many seeking souls may find eternal life at this particular time and that the Institutions of the Faith may be firmly established in that promising Country. He will pray for you and for the success of your work. He sends you his loving greetings. Faithfully yours, Leroy Ioas PART III Letters to Individuals, 1946–1957. These letters were addressed to many individuals who continued to write directly to the Holy Land after the formation of the institutions. The tone of the letters reflects personal interests rather than institutional development. (56) July 30, 1946 (56) July 30, 1946 Dear Bahá’í Sister: Your letter dated July 17th has been received, and the beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer it on his behalf. He was very pleased to hear the Alaskan believers are so active, and that you have witnessed with your own eyes such a wonderful development of the Faith there these last few years, since you went there as a pioneer. He was also delighted to hear Mr. Oliver is anxious to translate some of the Writings into Eskimo; please assure him this would be rendering both the Eskimos and the Cause a great service. If anything is printed in that language the Guardian would like to receive copies for the libraries here. He hopes through the “Arctic Trails Shopping Service” you will be able to demonstrate the fairness, uprightness, and nobility of the adherents of the Bahá’í Faith to the people it deals with, as this will more than anything else attract their attention to the Faith.